Identifier: attempttodiscrim00rick (find matches)
Title: An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: Oxford : J. H. Parker
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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A B. Pillar of old work. C. Triforium passage, orClerestory gallery, inold work. D. Arch of old work. E. Window of Crypt. F. Window of Aisle. G. Window of Triforiumin new work. LL. Clerestory Window of old work.MM. Clerestory Window of new work.a b. Pillar of new work.c. String-course.d e. Tabling of new work.ef. Eaves of old work.g. Roof of Aisle.h i. Tabling under the new Clerestory.i k. Top of the old wall. Compartment of the Corona, a.b. 1184.(From Williss Cantertury.) prcssly says that all the ornament of the old choir was executed withthe axe, and not with the chisel, and an examination of the ornamentalarcades still remaining proves this to be correct. And yet this choirwas called the Glorious Choir of Conrad, and was the finest workthat had been executed in England in its day. The great progressthat had been made in the art of construction and^ in sculpture duringthe half century which intervened between the completion of that
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